the book in the name of god: the khomeini decade, how much influence do you think the iran relationship with this country has had on this country in the last 10 years? robin: oh, i think it s had not only an immediate impact of the trauma of the hostage ordeal the impact of the confrontation between the u.s. and iran in the persian gulf, the shooting down of the iranian aircraft i think it s had a much broader impact, and that is it, along with vietnam, proved that the united states was not invincible; was, indeed, very vulnerable, and that third world powers could not only stand up to us and defy us, but occasionally could even defeat us. and so i think it s had an impact on our national psyche and on our policymaking apparatus. brian: did they laugh at us behind the scenes over there? robin: no. i think they ve always been a little bit frightened of us. they ve always given us credit for having more power and more planning, more conspiracies than we deserve. i think tha
good morning, it is good to have everyone with us this morning. i want to start by technology not justice ruth bader ginsburg has been hospitalized this morning from a fall, so i would ask you all to keep her in your thoughts and prayers. i am john allen, the president of brookings, and it is a pleasure to have you all join us today for this important event. let me also welcome those who are coming in by facebook, webcast, and as we always do, we welcome the presence of c-span. this morning, we are here to discuss a topic that has been on many of our minds over the last , forand weeks and months some of us, since the ninth of november 20 16 the midterm elections. as with anything political in this moment in history, there is a great deal of anticipation and analysis that is coming from this moment. and perhaps some educated guesses as well as to how these results would turn out. efforts,ach of those and as seems to be the norms of late, there are some surprises that have
that dream kind of pell mell, helter skelter, never shared, worked out. lo and behold, the did so were the beneficiaries of all that. but the one thing that i looked at in going delving into the book were these crossroads and for some reason they really make good decisions. you know, i m sure the parents were scared to death when they ran off together to go to new york to try to be in the show business. but i m, i m sure they mortified them. in fact, i know it did, but they were even right about that. it turns out, and i think when they re batting average, is that good? you gotta say sure there s an element of lock, but there s also some innate sense of what is going to be right for them and, and, and we benefited from that. yeah. let s just say that one, rance and jane reached the fork in the road. they were able to discern the subtle notes coming off the time in the work, and take the right the take the right junction. it certainly can be tricky, but i also a karma believer
and i go, i never met them, but they must have been cracker. jack parents tell me a little about a bottom that they were remarkable were unbelievably blessed to have been their, their boys. and by the way, the title of the book is, is also a nod to our mom because that s what she, that s what she call all of us were her boys, the boys. so there, so there you go, you know, without, they didn t come from highly dysfunctional. tragic families, but they were the exception to the family rule. they had vision, they had big dreams, they had no right to believe they could possibly make it in show business. and yet they changed the course of the family history in this, in the story by following that dream kind of pell mell, helter skelter, never sure worked out. lo and behold, the did so were the beneficiaries of all that. but the one thing that i looked at in going delving into the book were these crossroads and for some reason they really make good decisions. you know, i m sure the
and they can be hollywood and keeping them. so normal kind and interesting runs successful actor director, producer, known for blockbuster films, like apollo 13 and the, the pre shooting on the vomit comet. also a beautiful mind of the crow, got rob for that issue. the throne, the phone, and the da vinci code, clint character actor who s appeared over 200 tv shows and films including water. boy paula 13. my name is earl, and together the brothers howard have written a book about their remarkable lives called the boy s love, the title, a memoir of hollywood family, currently available in bookstores and online. this is clinton, ron howard. how are you, boys? we re well dennis, it s good to talk to you. yeah, it s a wonderful talk to you again dennis. well, listen i, you know, i want you to just talk on your parents for a 2nd because g is you re both. i ve met both is adults and a nice guy normal just like human beings want to meet. and i always think back to ransom jean i go, i